An app that nukes annoying auto-play videos, like the one atop this article.

My waste service (contracted for by the city, so I have no choice) states that they accept recycled plastics #1 through #7, but also says that they don’t accept styrofoam. I’ll call them and make sure that they do accept other low-density polystyrene items.

Same here, except mine started in March and by now is in September. *le sigh*

Cluster headaches or migraines? They aren’t the same thing. My wife gets migraines, but I (thankfully) do not. I do get cluster headaches, though, and that is the most pain that I have experienced. I think that’s also what you’re describing.

“Only useful when you’re not indoors” is pretty much correct. In most buildings you’ll be able to receive GPS signals, but many of them are reflections, which don’t help you.

Your kids won’t get stuck with it, but your surviving spouse may, if you live in a community-property state or marital property state.

Same here.

It’s Verizon, trust me - er, us.

Pinion and rack?  Recirculating ball, too. Yes, they still exist - even on brand new vehicles.

My G5+ does that. I found it seriously weird at first, but now I like it.

As a matter of law, that’s not the case. It’s a “Schedule 2 Bank” in Canada. The “schedule 2" part means that it’s foreign-owned. The “bank” part means that it is a bank.

Indeed - a one-dollar charge at a gas pump is likely to be declined for that reason!

If you’re doing air search and rescue, you’ll be wearing a pager. Firing up a cell phone at altitude is a no-no.

Apparently the answer is “No.”

It is not only common here, it is common everywhere. It’s normal journalistic practice. As I write this, another techie site has this headline, obviously about a different story:

“First discovered”? “Around the mid-nineties”? Look up Prusiner’s papers if you want to find out when that really happened. He’s the guy who won the Nobel Prize for prion research, and that research goes back to a paper published in ‘78. (Biochemistry. 1978;17:4993–9)

And remember - if you are a rescue professional or volunteer, *always* rescue the pets, too.

“Son of Sam” laws have made all participants in such races guaranteed losers.

Those fuel piles are “pervasive across a number of states”, too.

Absence of fire hydrants is something that fire departments are equipped to deal with. We bring our own water and pour it out into something that looks a great deal like an above-ground pool; then we get more. Is this really different in California?